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§1383 Procedural rules

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS › § 1383

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Executive Director must, with the Board’s approval, make rules about how the Office and its hearing officers run. The rules can be changed the same way. The rules must follow the procedures in section 553 of title 5. The Executive Director must give a general notice under 553(b), but send that notice to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record instead of the Federal Register. There must be at least a 30-day comment period after that publication. After adopting rules, the Executive Director must send notice and the rules to those leaders for publication in the Congressional Record on the first day both Houses are in session. Rules take effect when they appear in the Congressional Record.

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Title 2, §1383

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(a)The Executive Director shall, subject to the approval of the Board, adopt rules governing the procedures of the Office, including the procedures of hearing officers, which shall be submitted for publication in the Congressional Record. The rules may be amended in the same manner.

(b)The Executive Director shall adopt rules referred to in subsection (a) in accordance with the principles and procedures set forth in section 553 of title 5. The Executive Director shall publish a general notice of proposed rulemaking under section 553(b) of title 5, but, instead of publication of a general notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, the Executive Director shall transmit such notice to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record on the first day on which both Houses are in session following such transmittal. Before adopting rules, the Executive Director shall provide a comment period of at least 30 days after publication of a general notice of proposed rulemaking. Upon adopting rules, the Executive Director shall transmit notice of such action together with a copy of such rules to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record on the first day on which both Houses are in session following such transmittal. Rules shall be considered issued by the Executive Director as of the date on which they are published in the Congressional Record.

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2 U.S.C. § 1383

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73